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Avexic ‘considering’ competitive Valorant return after being cleared by Police Scotland
Update (May 29th 2025): Scottish Valorant player Zander ‘Avexic’ Fraser is considering returning to competitive play following a […]
May 29, 2025
85% of sport journalists say online abuse is threatening freedom of the press, in survey that was also sent to esports journalists
A new survey has revealed an ‘alarming scale and severity of abuse’ targeting sports journalists over the past […]
December 12, 2024
BetBoom make ESL One Birmingham 2024 playoffs despite bug abuse
BetBoom have reached the playoffs of Dota 2 event ESL One Birmingham 2024, despite bug abuse, reports Wade […]
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April 25, 2024
Esports community rallies around UK streamer Vicksy after she was subject to sexist abuse in Twitch Rivals tournament
UK streamer Vicksy has called out another streamer and League of Legends (LoL) player for his – and […]
August 25, 2022
All-chat is being removed from League of Legends to ‘address verbal abuse’
Update: Riot has posted an update, saying it will be removing all-chat “in a few regions” over the […]
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October 12, 2021
59% of women gamers say they adopt a non-gendered or male identity to avoid harassment while playing online
Image source: FemaleLegends More than half of women gamers say they mask their identity when playing online, according […]
May 25, 2021
UK Rainbow Six Siege caster Fluke speaks out on transphobic abuse
UK Rainbow Six Siege caster Emi ‘Fluke’ Donaldson has spoken out about online abuse she received on Twitch […]
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May 11, 2021
UK LoL social media manager drops sexual assault accusation: ‘I accept that the allegations I made were not true’
Former UK esports social media manager Scott Henderson has dropped his allegations of sexual assault against marketing consultant […]
March 15, 2021
The line between constructive criticism and vile abuse towards rising esports broadcast talent needs to be addressed (updated)
UPDATE (February 2021): Soulcas and DPS have since issued apologies to Yinsu Collins (on February 3rd and 15th […]
February 15, 2021
Method back on track after almost imploding in wake of abuse scandal: General manager stepped down, players and partners departed, sponsors dried up and the founder took time out – but is back now
Update (March 2021): Method is back on track having rebuilt and put in place new policies such as […]
June 26, 2020
Under-age drinking and 'cheating' accusations at LAN: Does the UK esports scene need to finally grow up?
Dom Sacco shares his thoughts on what we can learn from one of the most childish and unnecessarily dramatic series of […]
July 10, 2017